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ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν παρὰ τὰς κοινὰς βιάζονται προλήψεις: ἐκεῖνα δ᾽ ἤδη καὶ παρὰ τὰς ἰδίας, τὸ θερμότατον περιψύξει καὶ πυκνώσει τὸ λεπτομερέστατον
γεννῶντες. ἡ γὰρ ψυχὴ θερμότατόν ἐστι
δήπου καὶ λεπτομερέστατον: ποιοῦσι δ᾽ αὐτὴν τῇ περιψύξει καὶ πυκνώσει τοῦ σώματος, οἷον στομώσει
τὸ πνεῦμα μεταβάλλοντος, ἐκ φυτικοῦ ψυχικὸν γενόμενον.
γεγονέναι δὲ καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἔμψυχον λέγουσι, τοῦ ὑγροῦ μεταβάλλοντος εἰς πῦρ νοερόν.
ὥρα καὶ τὸν ἥλιον διανοεῖσθαι περιψύξει γεννώμενον.
ὁ μὲν οὖν,Ξενοφάνης, διηγουμένου τινὸς ἐγχέλεις ἑωρακέναι ἐν ὕδατι θερμῷ ζώσας, ‘οὐκοῦν’ εἶπεν ‘ἐν ψυχρῷ αὐτὰς ἑψήσομεν’ τούτοις δ᾽
: ἑποιτ̓ἄν, εἰ περιψύξει τὰ θερμότατα γεννῶσι καὶ
πυκνώσει τὰ κουφότατα, θερμότητι πάλιν αὖ τὰ
ψυχρὰ καὶ διαχύσει τὰ πυκνὰ καὶ διακρίσει τὰ βαρέα γεννᾶν, ἀλογίας τινὸς φυλάττουσιν ἀναλογίαν.
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1895. 6.
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